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Poll: What is a translator's best friend? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Mónica Algazi 
Uruguay
Local time: 01:21
Member (2005)
English to Spanish
| A tiny capuccino | Sep 23, 2017 |
...and a piece of chocolate.
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A cat (without tools)?
among other things (cup of coffee, glass of wine, freedom to go and to stay, some music, readings in the morning, walking in the afternoon. When workload does not squeeze our energies)
In these days, I feel a free translator, with the above mentioned possibilities but with no cat (I got angry with her and she is more permalous than me. We'll see ... )
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A few of my professional best friends are missing on the list (in no particular order):
1. My PC
2. Internet
3. Dictionaries, glossaries, specialized texts and grammar books…
Good clients are always welcome… For the rest, I do enjoy the company of my dog, I couldn’t do without my espresso coffee (could I?), I appreciate enormously all the help I have received over the years from my former colleagues (specially one). I don’t drink alcohol for health r... See more A few of my professional best friends are missing on the list (in no particular order):
1. My PC
2. Internet
3. Dictionaries, glossaries, specialized texts and grammar books…
Good clients are always welcome… For the rest, I do enjoy the company of my dog, I couldn’t do without my espresso coffee (could I?), I appreciate enormously all the help I have received over the years from my former colleagues (specially one). I don’t drink alcohol for health reasons and CAT tools and music are not my best friends…
P.S. Forgot an important piece of my puzzle: my in-house proofreader...
[Edited at 2017-09-23 09:50 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
United States
Local time: 20:21
Spanish to English
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Teresa Borges wrote:
1. My PC
2. Internet
3. Dictionaries, glossaries, specialized texts and grammar books…
That's what I was going to say:
- Above all, a good computer with one or several large monitor screens;
- The Internet;
- My hardcopy references, including style manuals.
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Gudrun Maydorn (X)
Germany
Local time: 05:21
English to German
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Colleagues and networks - and 2 monitors.
[Bearbeitet am 2017-09-23 10:32 GMT]
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| Common sense! | Sep 23, 2017 |
I see translation work as a never-ending series of decisions best made by using common sense above everything.
This spans from choosing the right words to express each and every thought in a different language to the choice of what is the translator's best friend at every moment, including the list suggested here.
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A well-stocked fridge to help alleviate cabin fever 
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Gitte Hoveds (X)
Denmark
Local time: 05:21
Danish to English
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| A good friend | Sep 23, 2017 |
Someone to take my mind off my work, help me live a good life... and make me laugh and smile and dance and sing (10 points to anyone who remembers THAT song)...
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| A bottle of gin ... | Sep 23, 2017 |
... like the quickest way out of Milwaukee (or anywhere you want to insult)?
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When everybody leaves the house to go to school or work.. and the house is empty and the only sound is the music you choose (if you do)
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Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 01:21
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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| CAT yes, cat no | Sep 23, 2017 |
Maybe a CAT tool. But not a cat or dog. They're great, but they only interfere.
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Luiz Barucke
Brazil
Local time: 01:21
Member (2013)
Spanish to Portuguese
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| Many friends | Sep 23, 2017 |
My external keyboard, my personal glossary, my frequent clients, currency rate, my internet provider, Google, silence... and my dog, to force me to make some pauses
And of course, one (or two) glass of wise wine at the end of the day, and some beer pints with (real) friends at the end of the week.
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Eden Cope
United States
Local time: 21:21
Swedish to English
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| A good client | Sep 23, 2017 |
Good clients are few and far between. When you find one, you want to treat them well and hold onto them. They provide satisfying work and help you pay for rent, food and your life. Remember your good clients today and keep maintaining that relationship!
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Toni Faisal
Indonesia
Local time: 11:21
English to Indonesian
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| Big projects, huge projects, | Sep 23, 2017 |
Big projects or huge projects are always the best friends...
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